“My first goal was just to make it through the season healthy and just help the team the best way I could,” Wright said.

The awards began to pour in: Ivy League Player of the Year and unanimous first-team All-Ivy. AP All-America Honorable Mention. Lou Henson All-American team. NABC All-District First Team.

“I’m very blessed to have received the accolades that I have,” Wright said. “It’s all because of my teammates. We’re all in it together. I feel like every award I won we won as a team; I wouldn’t be anything without those guys.”

It was those teammates, along with his coach, who named Wright the squad’s Raymond Lavietes Most Valuable Player, Hamilton Fish Most Improved Player, and team-captain once again for the 2011-2012 season.

And perhaps most importantly, throughout his breakout season, Wright genuinely enjoyed playing the sport he loves.

“Just being able to spend time with my teammates, practicing, hanging out, and enjoying their company was really the high point in my season,” Wright says. “This year has been the most fun I’ve ever had playing basketball.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.